Warner Bros milks the success of The Lego Movie as plans for live-action Minecraft film are revealed

Riding high on the success of The Lego Movie, Warner Bros is turning its hand to getting Minecraft onto the big screen.

The studio have acquired the rights to Minecraft and are in the process of creating a live-action version of the popular game with Lego Movie producer Roy Lee. Deadline reports that the project has already attracted the attention of filmmakers and writers.

Minecraft has been described as an ‘open sandbox’ game where players can build anything they want using virtual blocks.

Creator and game designer Markus Persson took to Twitter and seemed to confirm the news by saying: ‘Someone is trying leak the fact that we’re working with Warner Brothers on a potential Minecraft Movie. I wanted to be the leak!’